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Isaac was born in 1992 in Mexico City. He graduated from The Los Angeles Film School and in 2015 he founded Fosforescente, a production company solely focused on Mexican cinema. In 2021 he premiered Leona (2018) nationwide in the USA and Mexico. He still knows all the dialogues from Shrek by heart.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Producer
- Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Isaac Cherem
Leona is a 2018 Mexican drama film and the feature film directorial debut of Isaac Cherem. It was written by Cherem and Naian González Norvind. González Norvind also stars as the protagonist as a young Jewish woman in Mexico City that falls for a non-Jewish man, Iván (Christian Vazquez).
Feb 5, 2021 · The film shows that population through the very critical lens of its director, 28-year-old Isaac Cherem, who grew up in the community and said he felt intensely “oppressed” by it.
Feb 12, 2021 · “Leona,” a marvelous new drama from the young Mexican-Jewish director Isaac Cherem, opens with a mikvah scene unlike any in cinema. A beautiful woman is tastefully photographed in the nude...
Feb 11, 2021 · Isaac Cherem’s directorial debut, Leona, opens on a sunlit mikveh. This is the tevilah, a full-body immersion into a ritual bath, of Rebeca (Ana Kupfer), and it’s a joyful occasion. As she dunks into the water, the bride-to-be splashes the retinue of women who watch her undergo this rite, breaking the moment’s solemnity.
Q+A for Leona with director Isaac Cherem on Feb 19, 2021.For film schedule and ticket links check out our website at https://mmjccm.org/filmStay up-to-date o...
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- Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Film
Mar 14, 2020 · Leona: Directed by Isaac Cherem. With Naian González Norvind, Christian Vazquez, Carolina Politi, Daniel Adissi. A young Jewish woman (Naian González Norvind) from Mexico City finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love with a non-Jewish man (Christian Vasquez).
